Decorating a Wedding for $500

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Yup, $500 is the budget I had to work with. If you have the time and friends to help you... decorating on a budget is doable.


Here is my breakdown for expenses:


Welcome Poster and Chalkboard Markers 20
J&J sign 15
Wisteria garland from Amazon 50
Rope 3
Card Box 5
Table Number Tags 13
Wine bottles from Amazon (36, 3 boxes of 24)  66
Beer bottles from homebrew store (66 bottles, 3 boxes of 24) 45
Baby's breath from Costco 102
Mason Jars (14 jars, 2 packs) 16
18 Bouquets from Trader Joe's 120
SUM 455
Total plus tax 500.50

I found delabeling bottles to be time consuming and decided to buy the rest. I also realized during the wedding that I did not have enough mason's jars.. thank goodness the previous wedding party left theirs behind!

For buying your own flowers, I advised buying them a couple days ahead of time and if you are doing flowers on a budget you cannot be picky! I chose flowers that I knew would last a while (baby's breaths and carnations from Costco and Trader Joe's).

All in all it turned out to be a not so bad job for my first wedding decorating event.


Check out pictures from the wedding in my previous post.

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